Training Workshops and Seminars

Orange, CA

Creating Continuous Flow Manufacturing Cells - 10/14/04

NEW Kaizen Events: 5S, Visual Controls, and Mistake Proofing - 11/04/04

Material Flow and Kanban - 11/18/04

Click here to read about all of our upcoming training workshops and speaking engagements.

Articles

Planning and Conducting Kaizen Events

5S Implementation

Implementing Continuous Flow Manufacturing Cells

Relevant Links

APICS

Lean Enterprise Institute

Superfactory

Learning to Lean

The Newsletter of EMS Consulting Group, Inc.

October, 2004 www.emsstrategies.com

Process Kaizen: Mfg. Cells and 5S

Welcome to the October edition of our monthly newsletter, Learning to Lean. In this month's edition, we focus on process kaizen and two of its most important tools: 5S and continuous flow manufacturing cells.

Announcements

The following individual public courses will be held in Orange, CA. We can also bring any of these courses to your facility. Click on the dates to read more details on each class and/or to register.

Course (click on date to read more)	Date
Creating Continuous Flow Mfg. Cells	Oct 14
NEW Kaizen Events: 5S, Visual Controls, Mistake Proofing	Nov 4
Material Flow and Kanban (Purchased Parts)	Nov 18

Click here for details on all of our training offerings, both on-site at your facility and public.

We also have created a survey in which you can tell us what types of public courses you would like to see us offer. Click here to take our survey.

Process Kaizen and Manufacturing Cells

Process kaizen is the method by which companies eliminate waste. It is one level below flow kaizen, or value stream mapping, which is a tool for identifying and planning areas for process kaizen improvement across the entire value stream. Process level kaizen is often implemented using the kaizen blitz or kaizen event; it can also be implemented over a period of time.

This month we feature three articles that should help you understand more about process kaizen and its tools. Firstly, we talk about planning and conducting kaizen events. Our second article talks about implementing 5S, one of the first process kaizen tools that should be implemented. In our final article, we talk about the steps you need to take in order to implement continuous flow manufacturing cells.

The materials referenced in this newsletter will teach you more about the importance of process kaizen. If the articles, links, and books to the left have piqued your interest and you would like to learn more, feel free to call us at 866-559-5598 or visit our website and click on "Contact Us."

Best Regards,

Darren Dolcemascolo

darrend@emsstrategies.com

David McBride

davidm@emsstrategies.com

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